In a press release issued yesterday,U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced that he will convene a full committee hearing titled “The Telephone Consumer Protection Act at 25: Effects on Consumers and Business” on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.

The hearing will examine the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), an enacted bill that requires solicitors to maintain a “Do Not Call” list and limits the use of automatic dialing systems known as “robocalls.” The hearing will also examine the Federal Communications Commission’s application of the TCPA to new technologies and practices popularized since adoption of the Act.

This ought to be an interesting hearing, one worthy of noting on your calendar and streaming the proceedings. The likely contrasting testimony from the representatives the U.S, Chamber of Commerce, Institute of Legal Reform and the National Consumer Law Center should be fascinating. What impact the hearing will have remains to be seen.